On Earth Day, April 22, 2012, activists from around the Bay Area marched from a North Berkeley Park and into Gill Tract, a 10-acre plot of land owned by the Regents of the University of California. The University of California plans to develop the tract, which had previously been actively used for agriculture, but has been under utilized in recent years.

Growing Power Weekend - Urban Farming for Food Security Will Allen and the Growing Power team presented workshops on farming in urban settings and empowering youth and low income neighborhoods with fresh local produce at Our School at Blair Grocery. OurSchoolAtBlairGrocery.org http GoFamilyFarms.com Audio and light problems plague much of this ... sorry about the technical difficulties. From: FluxRostrum Views: 1596 24 ratings Time: 28:11 More in Howto & Style

Guido gives us the run down on the youth organizing principles at play in the collaborative efforts of Our School at Blair Grocery, New York to New Orleans Coalition and the Youth Coalition for Community Action